Horrible sleeping, Desparate for help!

My lo is a little over 9 months now, he wakes at least 5 times a night. He used to be a great sleeper. I dont know what happened. I need some advice or tips on how to get him to start sleeping through the night. I tried the CIO method last night, I only let him cry for 10 minutes before getting him from his crib, it was a miserable fail. What can I do?? Thanks mama's! I appreciate your advice!!

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You can go in, pick up LO & calm them down, put them back in bed & repeat that process until they settle down (appropriately called the pick up put down method).

I tried that and the babe jumped/crawled out of the crib and fell onto the floor, determined to come and get me after I left. She cried for about a second and as soon as I picked her up she was a happy camper. FML!

We did CIO and got LO out of our bed ( where she comfort nursed on and off all night!) and into the crib in December. She was still waking 1-3 times per night despite moving her bed time, getting good naps and doing a bedtime routine. On Monday night my mil who watches her while I work, had her until 7:30pm and gave her a ton of food and a warm bath before I picked her up. She slept for 13 hours without a peep! So Tuesday I did the exact same thing at home, fed her a lot of food, nice warm bath and again 11 hours! I think she has just been needing more calories during the day, she still nurses 4-5 times a day but now it's clear that she wants more solids including one big meal before bed. You might try adding more solids throughout the day and a larger meal before bed, see if that works!

I would say to start with not nursing LO back to sleep, I know it is hard because it is easy... But LO may be waking up out of habit. I did this around 6 months and eased into it. If he woke up before 3:30 am I would just rock him back to sleep, then a month later I pushed it to 5:00 am... Ect. I did this because I knew he could go that long because he had before. It may not solve everything now, but I think it will help in the long run.

We tried CIO the other night, after being desperate for sleep! She only cried 13 min. It wasn't a hysterical cry, just a sleepy cry. We watched her on the video monitor... She sat down after about 6 min and layed down and cried. I've been nursing her and rocking her until she's drowsy, then putting her down and patting her back. Last night she cried for 4 min, then slept 10 hours straight!!!!!

I haven't read all the comments so sorry if I repeat things. My son was and still is like that. We have good nights and bad nights. If I put him down drowsy but awake, we seem to have a better night. He may cry and fuss a bit or he just hangs out. I do a few things to entertain him... I have a sound machine/projector. He looks up at the pics on the ceiling... He has a lovey and a few little toys in his crib too. If he can't sleep, he sits up and plays until he is tired (this can take an hour!). He then lays down and goes to sleep or falls asleep sitting up :)

He was going to sleep at 9 and waking at 11, 1, 3, etc. now his first wake up is around 2 or 3 and then 4 or 5. He ends up in our bed after 4.

There is a Wonder Week around now that sounds just like this. Google Wonder Weeks if you haven't heard of them. Basically, mental growth spurt that is the cause of them not sleeping and it was every other time they went through a period of not sleeping when they once had been. This one is a doozy though, some aren't so bad.